How To Install perlconsole on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perlconsole on Kali Linux.

What is perlconsole

perlconsole is:

Perl Console is a light program that lets you evaluate Perl code interactively. It uses Readline for grabing input and provides completion with all the namespaces loaded during your session.

This is pretty useful for Perl developers that write modules. You can load a module in your session and test a function exported by the module.

There are three methods to install perlconsole on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install perlconsole Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install perlconsole using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install perlconsole

Install perlconsole Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install perlconsole using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install perlconsole

Install perlconsole Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install perlconsole using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install perlconsole

How To Uninstall perlconsole on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the perlconsole package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove perlconsole

Uninstall perlconsole And Its Dependencies

To uninstall perlconsole and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove perlconsole

Remove perlconsole Configurations and Data

To remove perlconsole configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge perlconsole

Remove perlconsole configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove perlconsole configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perlconsole

Dependencies

perlconsole have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• perlconsole website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perlconsole package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.